Tongue-support



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1. L. W. LEAVE-LL, (T128: R. E. L. LEAVELL.

TONGUE SUPPORT.

No. 383,183. Patented May 22, 1888.

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i (No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet :2. I L. W. LEAVELL, J1". & R. E. L. LEAVELL. TONGUE SUPPORT.

'* No. 333,133. Patented May 22, 1333.

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WM M I 'NITED STATES FFIQ "Q LEONIDAS \V. LEAVELL, JR, AND ROBERT E. LEE LEAVELL, OF KEARNEY, MISSOURI.

TONGUE=SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,183, dated May 22, 1888.

Application filed January 10, 1888. Serial No. 260,338. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, LEONIDAS W. LEA man, J r. and ROBERT E. LEE LEAVELL, citizone of the United States of America, residing at Kearney, in the county of Clay and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and'nse ful Improvements in Tongue Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying 1o drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in tongue-supports, hav ing for its object the provision of simple and efficient means for normally holding the outer [5 forward end of the tongue elevated when not in use, and to have an upward tendencyin practice, so as to relieve the weight thereof from the horses necks.

To this end the invention comprises the peculiar construction, combination, and arrange ment of the parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a u view in perspective of a wagon with our invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation, showing the positions occupied by the tongue. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is abottom plan view ofthe tongue, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail per spective view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the axle of any vehicle, and a. the bolster pivotally secured thereto at its center, as ordinarily constructed.

B is the central pole or tongue pivotally secured at its rear widened end, preferably be tween the forward ends of a bent or curved plate, I), rigidly secured to the axle, as shown. To the under side of the pole or tongue B is rigidly secured a corrugated or fluted plate, I), as shown.

5 G is a coilspring, having its code connected to and bearing firmly against the inner faces of end disks, 2) D to each of which are connected the ends of bent rods b extended through the center of the coil and projecting through central openings in said disks. The outer bent portions of these rods 1) are secured to or passed through rings If 0*, connected to or held by spring hooks If I). The former one of said springhooks, 11 is connected to a suitable hook or staple, If, attached, preferably, to the center of the bolster a, or it may be to any other suitable point.

1) is a band or stirrup provided with a lower straight connecting-bar, d, and an up per bent bar, (1, to which is connected the forward spring-hook, b, of the coil-spring, as shown. The lower connecting-bar of this band or stirrup is designed to engage with or enter any one of the grooves or recesses of the corrugated or fluted plate I), by means of which the tongue can be held at the desired point of elevation, said band or stirrup being slipped on said pole or tongue, as shown.

It will thus be seen that ourinvention comprises simple and efficient means for holding the pole or tongue elevated at the desired point, and that when in use said pole or tongue will have a tendency to move upward by reason of the coilspring connection, the extent of such upward tendency being regulated by the band or stirrup and corrugated plate.

The advantages of our invention are apparent at a glance; the removal of the weight of the pole or tongue from the necks of the horses is a desideratum, and by means thereof all soreness or injury to the horses necks by reason of the weighty poles or tongues is prevented.

YVe claim as our invention 1. As an improvement in tongue-supports, the combination of the pole or tongue, having the corrugated or fluted plate, and the coilspring having a band or stirrup for adjustable connection with said pole or tongue, as shown and described.

2. As an improvement in tongue-supports, the combination of the pole or tongue, the corrugated or fluted plate secured thereto, the coil-spring, and the band or stirrup encircling the tongue and engaging said plate, substan- 9 5 tially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the wagon-body and the pivoted tongue having the corrugated or fluted plate, of the coil-spring, the rods In testimony whereof we affix our signatures projecting therethrough, the spring-hooks, in presence of two witnesses. and the band or stirrup, substantially as shown 7 and described. LEONIDAS W. LEAVELL, JR.

5 4. In a tongue-support, the combination, ROBERT, E LEE LEAVELL.

with the tongue, of acorrugated or fluted plate secured to the under side thereof, a band or Vitnesses:

stirrup encircling the tongue and engaging one EUGENE ESTES, of the corrugations of the plate, and a spring WILLIAM C. MITCHELL,

IO connected therewith, substantially as set forth. 

